Stephen Curry wasn't injured/hurt/70% in 2016 Finals

[Cormag001]

This seems about seven months overdue and is quite frankly irrelevent information now.

[OsuCavsfan103]

My favorite is when they try to compare Steph's injury and Bogut (who now sucks as some GS fans will say) to Kyrie and Love missing the entire Finals (Well kyrie did play one game)

Ah still is funny to hear that ridiculous comparison.

That's fine. GSW 2015 champs, no asterisk. CLE 2016 champs, no asterisk. What-if world doesn't exist.

Like I said hundreds of times since 2015. If I am GS I don't care, a title is a title. That being said, you cannot help but know the series would have been a lot different had those two played. So at the very least be gracious that you aren't 0-2 vs Cavaliers in the Finals.

Me personally, I don't care if the Cavs face GS again and all 4 all-stars come down with staph infection and miss the finals, any title a Cleveland fan can get is a great day (Although I would feel a bit cheated I admit)

[Jonatton Yeah]

This thread is idiotic and it's honestly hard to believe you as much time as you obviously did to create it. This is why Jesus wept.

[MartinToVaught]

Lock this god awful topic, please.

How is this topic God-awful? There are still fans who, thanks to the media's narratives, actually believe that Curry was injured in the Finals last year. The OP disagrees and has compiled statistical and visual evidence to support their argument. These are the types of posts we should be encouraging, not locking.

when are you going to stop pretending to be a Clippers fan?

I'm not "pretending" to be a Clippers fan, so... never.

[FNQ]

My favorite is when they try to compare Steph's injury and Bogut (who now sucks as some GS fans will say) to Kyrie and Love missing the entire Finals (Well kyrie did play one game)

Ah still is funny to hear that ridiculous comparison.

That's fine. GSW 2015 champs, no asterisk. CLE 2016 champs, no asterisk. What-if world doesn't exist.

Like I said hundreds of times since 2015. If I am GS I don't care, a title is a title. That being said, you cannot help but know the series would have been a lot different had those two played. So at the very least be gracious that you aren't 0-2 vs Cavaliers in the Finals.

Me personally, I don't care if the Cavs face GS again and all 4 all-stars come down with staph infection and miss the finals, any title a Cleveland fan can get is a great day (Although I would feel a bit cheated I admit)

I'd take this post a lot more seriously if it started with "Greetings from What-If World!"

2015 we dominated a series, 2016 the Cavs eeked our a title. That's accurate too, no? Fair is fair, gracious is gracious..

[Devassa]

How long did it take to type all of that, OP?

[Vee-Rex]

That's fine. GSW 2015 champs, no asterisk. CLE 2016 champs, no asterisk. What-if world doesn't exist.

Like I said hundreds of times since 2015. If I am GS I don't care, a title is a title. That being said, you cannot help but know the series would have been a lot different had those two played. So at the very least be gracious that you aren't 0-2 vs Cavaliers in the Finals.

Me personally, I don't care if the Cavs face GS again and all 4 all-stars come down with staph infection and miss the finals, any title a Cleveland fan can get is a great day (Although I would feel a bit cheated I admit)

I'd take this post a lot more seriously if it started with "Greetings from What-If World!"

2015 we dominated a series, 2016 the Cavs eeked our a title. That's accurate too, no? Fair is fair, gracious is gracious..

At least you can no longer say that Kyrie would've been a detriment 'because his defense would've made the Cavs worse' in 2015.

2016 proves that.

[OsuCavsfan103]

That's fine. GSW 2015 champs, no asterisk. CLE 2016 champs, no asterisk. What-if world doesn't exist.

Like I said hundreds of times since 2015. If I am GS I don't care, a title is a title. That being said, you cannot help but know the series would have been a lot different had those two played. So at the very least be gracious that you aren't 0-2 vs Cavaliers in the Finals.

Me personally, I don't care if the Cavs face GS again and all 4 all-stars come down with staph infection and miss the finals, any title a Cleveland fan can get is a great day (Although I would feel a bit cheated I admit)

I'd take this post a lot more seriously if it started with "Greetings from What-If World!"

2015 we dominated a series, 2016 the Cavs eeked our a title. That's accurate too, no? Fair is fair, gracious is gracious..

You dominated a series that you were down 1-2 in to start? lol I guess Cavaliers dominated the series last year being down 1-3 then.

[FNQ]

I don't think I'd ever imply that the Cavs were better by sitting Kyrie for Delly. But Delly definitely a better defender. Kylie has him by about a few thousand miles on offense

I'm not a fan of the crazy takes like that

[FNQ]

Like I said hundreds of times since 2015. If I am GS I don't care, a title is a title. That being said, you cannot help but know the series would have been a lot different had those two played. So at the very least be gracious that you aren't 0-2 vs Cavaliers in the Finals.

Me personally, I don't care if the Cavs face GS again and all 4 all-stars come down with staph infection and miss the finals, any title a Cleveland fan can get is a great day (Although I would feel a bit cheated I admit)

I'd take this post a lot more seriously if it started with "Greetings from What-If World!"

2015 we dominated a series, 2016 the Cavs eeked our a title. That's accurate too, no? Fair is fair, gracious is gracious..

You dominated a series that you were down 0-2 in to start? lol I guess Cavaliers dominated the series last year being down 1-3 then.

We weren't down 0-2 to start.
Warriors controlled the whole thing in 2015, and the Cavs roared back in 2016. The difference is that in 2015 the games weren't close at the end, and 2016 ended on the final play.

Can't ask others to be gracious while not expecting the same of yourself.

[OsuCavsfan103]

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We weren't down 0-2 to start.
Warriors controlled the whole thing in 2015, and the Cavs roared back in 2016. The difference is that in 2015 the games weren't close at the end, and 2016 ended on the final play.

Can't ask others to be gracious while not expecting the same of yourself.

My bad, I meant 1-2. Still the same applies, you won the first game in OT when Irving had to leave the game, then lost the next 2 games failing behind 1-2 in the seires. How exactly is that controlling the series? You lost HCA after game 2 for crying out loud.

[FNQ]

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We weren't down 0-2 to start.
Warriors controlled the whole thing in 2015, and the Cavs roared back in 2016. The difference is that in 2015 the games weren't close at the end, and 2016 ended on the final play.

Can't ask others to be gracious while not expecting the same of yourself.

My bad, I meant 1-2. Still the same applies, you won the first game in OT when Irving had to leave the game, then lost the next 2 games failing behind 1-2 in the seires. How exactly is that controlling the series? You lost HCA after game 2 for crying out loud.

That's fair, when we lost game 2 there was concern. After game 4 that concern was gone, after game 5 the series looked pretty wrapped up. Point being, that wasn't a close series, while 2016 absolutely was.. so if I and other W's fans are to be gracious we got a title (one that we got handily), it should absolutely go in the opposite direction, as 2016 was decided by one shot in the final seconds.

[SlowPaced]

Lock this god awful topic, please.

The topic is very well prepared.

[bmurph128]

He was clearly limited laterally, but that doesn't take away from what Cavs did one bit.

Lock this god awful topic, please.

How is this topic God-awful? There are still fans who, thanks to the media's narratives, actually believe that Curry was injured in the Finals last year. The OP disagrees and has compiled statistical and visual evidence to support their argument. These are the types of posts we should be encouraging, not locking.

when are you going to stop pretending to be a Clippers fan?

Lol the OP wrote a beautiful post outlining and explaining that Steph was not, in fact, limited laterally, and then this line..

It would be great if the people who actually thought he was injured actually did what the OP just did. Tells you everything you need to know about the subject.

[Starboy]

ITT: Cavs fans trying to make themselves feel better.

[Vee-Rex]

ITT: Cavs fans trying to make themselves feel better.

You claimed he was clearly hurt laterally. Do you have a counter argument to the OP's post? Because he clearly addressed that.

[OsuCavsfan103]

That's fair, when we lost game 2 there was concern. After game 4 that concern was gone, after game 5 the series looked pretty wrapped up. Point being, that wasn't a close series, while 2016 absolutely was.. so if I and other W's fans are to be gracious we got a title (one that we got handily), it should absolutely go in the opposite direction, as 2016 was decided by one shot in the final seconds.

No 2015 was not as close as 2016 everyone knows that, but you make it sound as it was a stroll in the park ala SA vs CLE in 07. Why should GS have been overly concerned after game 4, they were playing the Cavaliers down 2 starters? LeBron ran out of gas carrying the whole world on his shoulders.

However you forget how game 5 went. Cavaliers were within 1 with just over 4 minutes left in the game... Cavs win that it goes to game 6 in CLE with Cavs up 3-2.

Not sure how it being a 1pt game with 4min left in game 5, equals GS easy title.

You going to tell me that if Cavs went up 3-2 going back to CLE in game 6 you wouldn't have been nervous as heck in 2015?

[FNQ]

That's fair, when we lost game 2 there was concern. After game 4 that concern was gone, after game 5 the series looked pretty wrapped up. Point being, that wasn't a close series, while 2016 absolutely was.. so if I and other W's fans are to be gracious we got a title (one that we got handily), it should absolutely go in the opposite direction, as 2016 was decided by one shot in the final seconds.

No 2015 was not as close as 2016 everyone knows that, but you make it sound as it was a stroll in the park ala SA vs CLE in 07. Why should GS have been overly concerned after game 4, they were playing the Cavaliers down 2 starters? LeBron ran out of gas carrying the whole world on his shoulders.

However you forget how game 5 went. Cavaliers were within 1 with just over 4 minutes left in the game... Cavs win that it goes to game 6 in CLE with Cavs up 3-2.

Not sure how it being a 1pt game with 4min left in game 5, equals GS easy title.

You going to tell me that if Cavs went up 3-2 going back to CLE in game 6 you wouldn't have been nervous as heck in 2015?

Nope, I would have been nervous. But we closed with our smallball unit like we should have from game 1, and as I said after game 5 I felt really good about the series. Game 6 was not very close either, though CLE had some runs.

I'm not trying to troll here, I'm only pointing out that if you want us to be gracious for having one title, I dont think winning a series on the last shot gives you the high ground. We're both fortunate we've won a ship in the past 2 years. It could easily be 2-0 W's, or 2-0 Cavs. If you insist one side should be gracious, then both should. Any of that unfair?

[GlenRiceARoni]

He was definitely injured. He had a sprained mcl. You could visibly see his loss of quickness and he limited his drives to the rim a lot.

A grade 2 sprain takes 3 weeks to 3 months to heal and it will be sore as hell for months

Of course he's not going to say "hey im injured, just switch every action because i cant get to the basket anyway."

Many NBA and NFL teams don't discose injuries or at least the full extent of them.

His knee wasn't 100%, period. That said, injuries happen. Heck they got gift wrapped a title in 2015 when every single one of their opponents got wrecked by injury

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[lorak]

He was clearly limited laterally,

Do you have any proof of that? Have you seen gifs I've posted?